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Factorial relationships of measures of perceived level of psychopathology and sociometric choice
Author(s) -
Schmidt James P.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197807)34:3<715::aid-jclp2270340327>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - psychopathology , psychology , perception , clinical psychology , sociometric status , sociometry , developmental psychology , neuroscience
Studied the relationships of diagnosis, age, length of hospitalization, and varioius measres of perceived level of psychopathology, perceived appropriateness of hospitalization, and sociometric choice among 39 adolescent psychiatric inpatients. Factors analysis revealed two factors, one that was apparently a measure of perceived level of psychopathology and another that was apparently a measure of socimetric choice. Perceptions of an individual's level of psychopathology appear to be shared across staff and patient boundaries. Appropriteness of hopitalization had a strong positive relationship to preceived level of psychopathology and weak negative relationship to sociometric standing. The relative lack of relationship socimetric standing. The relative lack of relationship between sociometric standing and perceived level of psychopathology is discused in light of past research and methodological design issues.